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100 unusual facts about BBC


2010 ExxonMobil oil spill

The Nigerian government estimates there were over 7,000 spills, large and small, between 1970 and 2000, according to the BBC.

A Capitalism for the People

Zingales has answered questions on his book during the Business Daily programme on World Service BBC.

A. L. Lloyd

In 1938 the BBC hired him to write a radio documentary about seafaring life, and from then on he worked as a journalist and singer.

Adolphe Vorderman

In a 2007 episode of the BBC genealogical documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?, Carol Vorderman researched her great grandfather Adolphe.

Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya

The town's many enormous, elaborate mansions has, according to the BBC led it to be called the Miami of the West Bank.

Arabtec

Documents which had been obtained by the BBC clearly show that a month previous to the television crews' visit, the Dubai municipality described the sewage situation at the site as critical.

Aufidia

Deborah Moore appears as Alfidia, the mother of a fictionalized Livia, in two 2007 episodes of the HBO/BBC series Rome.

Auroville

In May 2008, the BBC produced a 10-minute Newsnight film about Auroville, which was aired on TV.

Baidoa

On July 20, 2006 it was reported by the BBC that a column of 100 Ethiopian military vehicles including armoured personnel carriers had crossed from the border town of Dolo Odo into Somalia.

Bamzooki

Bamzooki (styled as BAMZOOKi) is a mixed reality television gameshow on the BBC which features a toolkit developed by Gameware Development.

Bankura Sammilani College

The college provides opportunity for Spoken English classes with the help of BBC Bankura Branch.

Banner Theatre

A founder member of the company was former BBC radio producer Charles Parker, who with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, created the radio ballads, award-winning musical documentaries broadcast by the BBC in the 1960s and now available via Listen Again on

BBC Sussex

In common with much of the BBC's early local radio output, Radio Brighton broadcast only for limited daytime hours in its early years, relying on Radio 2 and Radio 4 for a sustaining service, but building to a full daytime service by the mid-1970s.

Bear Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

The township was the site of a plane crash on May 21, 2000, when an airplane, in its attempt to land at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in nearby Avoca, crashed in what was described by the BBC as a "wooded area" of the township near the intersection of Bear Creek Boulevard (PA-Route 115) and the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, killing the pilot as well as all 19 passengers.

Bitche

The town of Bitche was mentioned in BBC comedy panel game QI, in episode 9 of season 3 (or series "C", as the show refers to the series by letters of the alphabet).

Blackbird Leys Choir

This performance was recorded for broadcast on BBC local radio, and filmed for inclusion in a 'one year on' documentary by the makers of The Singing Estate.

Borneo Orangutan Survival

Willie Smits appeared in Dying for a Biscuit, a 2010 BBC Panorama investigation which looked into the causes of deforestation, focusing particularly on illegal logging and the palm oil industry.

Buttered toast phenomenon

A study by the BBC's television series Q.E.D. found that when toast is thrown in the air, it lands butter-side down just one-half of the time (as would be predicted by chance).

CooperVision

This study was published in the Science Translational Medicine and reported on the BBC.

Deerstalker

In the second season of the BBC television series Sherlock, which places Holmes and Watson (portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, respectively) in contemporary London, the deerstalker cap is a recurring gag; here, Sherlock Holmes gains the iconic look by trying to hide his face from paparazzi by wearing the deerstalker, which he personally despises.

Desmond Hawkins

Desmond also had programme ideas accepted by the BBC and 1936 saw his first appearance in Radio Times with a programme called A Nest of Singing Birds – an anthology he compiled of English poets on English birds.

Devon County Council

In 2002, the BBC Devon website held a poll in response to a discussion for a flag of Devon.

Dimitri Fampas

He lectured on the history of the classical guitar over the Greek National Radio and TV, the BBC, and on several stations in Hungary, in Czechoslovakia, in the US and elsewhere.

Don't Leave Me This Way

Episode 6 of the 2004 BBC miniseries Blackpool featured the Communards version, accompanied on screen by the singing and dancing of the characters, as part of the story.

Double-headed serpent

This sculpture featured in A History of the World in 100 Objects, a series of radio programmes that started in 2010 as a collaboration between the BBC and the British Museum.

East Lancs Myllennium

Notable examples include the BBC radio buses, in various places around the United Kingdom.

Edith Vogel

Vogel began to broadcast regularly for BBC radio from the 1950s, becoming particularly associated with the music of Beethoven and Schubert.

Edwin Hurry Fenwick

He is depicted by David Troughton in the BBC serial Casualty 1909, during his tenure at the London Hospital.

Eustace II, Count of Boulogne

Eustace has been portrayed on screen by Leslie Bradley in the film Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) and by Joby Blanshard in the two-part BBC TV play Conquest (1966), part of the series Theatre 625.

Fantasia on British Sea Songs

It is a medley of British sea songs and for many years was seen as an indispensable item at the BBC's Last Night of the Proms concert.

Father of All Bombs

Robert Hewson, an editor for Jane's Information Group, told the BBC it was likely that FOAB indeed represented the world's biggest non-nuclear bomb.

Fernando Pessa

He joined Portugal's state radio in 1934, and covered World War II for BBC radio, for which he was subsequently appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by King George VI.

Food Poker

Food Poker is a BBC tea-time television programme which fuses traditional culinary skills with poker.

France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962

France had hosted the 1959 and 1961 contests, and RTF declined to stage a third contest in such a short period, so the BBC stepped in to host the 1963 contest in London.

Franz Hildebrandt

In subsequent years, Hildebrandt helped build up the German-speaking Protestant congregation in Cambridge, and worked for a number of church-related projects, including German-language broadcasts on the BBC.

Frederick Haggis

Over the next two decades under Haggis, the GCU moved to the forefront of the classical music scene in London, performing with major symphony orchestras and broadcasting frequently for the BBC.

Galton and Simpson

After their association with Hancock had ended, they wrote a series of Comedy Playhouse (1961–62), ten one-off half-hour plays for the BBC.

Gas Mark

The term "gas mark" was a subject of the joint BBC/OED TV series Balderdash & Piffle, in May 2005, which sought to establish the history of the term.

Greenlaw

Greenlaw's impressive town hall, completed in 1831, is a listed building from its county town era and was one of the buildings shortlisted in the 2006 BBC television series Restoration Village.

Havering College of Further and Higher Education

A five minute video of the event was submitted to the BBC Schools Questions and Answers competition, which Havering won and hosted a live webcast BBC Question Time-styled program.

Heather Douglas

Her television credits include Showtime at the Stadium for the BBC, The Monkees music video for MTV, Disney MGM Studio's Opening Special, Disney's Macey's Parade and Agony for UK Living; Film credits include De-Lovely (2004) starring Ashley Judd and Kevin Kline.

Iakovos Kolanian

He has also been regularly featured in well-known television and radio programs such as BBC, ORF, Radio France, ERT and RIK.

INA trials

After the war ended, the story of the INA and the Free India Legion was seen as so inflammatory that, fearing mass revolts and uprisings—not just in India, but across its empire—the British Government forbade the BBC from broadcasting their story.

International Cavaliers

The BBC showed the games on television, providing extra revenue, and the games allowed spectators to see a wide range of famous players at county grounds.

Japanese lates

In February 2010, the first video of the akame living in its natural surroundings was broadcast on the BBC, in a report on the University of Tokyo's research project where akame are fitted with ultrasound tracking devices.

Japanese variety show

The BBC also has its own version of Hole in the Wall in the United Kingdom, while Cartoon Network has the American version of Hole in the Wall with Teck Holmes.

Joan Bartlett

During World War II Bartlett worked in the European Broadcasting division of the BBC, and at night was a Commandant of the Red Cross.

Joseph Reeves

Whilst in Parliament, Reeves was a member of the Party's National Executive Committee 1946-53 and of the committee of inquiry into the BBC.

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

In 2005 the BBC used a report published by the journal as the basis of a story claiming that the pseudoscientific practice of homeopathy was effective for some patients.

Juan Rodolfo Wilcock

By 1953 he was residing in London earning a living as a translator and a commentator for the BBC.

Kaya Wittenburg

This included the BBC documentary “The Hollywood Stories Documentary” and ITV’s GMTV.

Kingston upon Thames parks and open spaces

Other open spaces include the western hall of Beverley Park and the University of London Athletic Ground and the BBC Sports Ground, Motspur Park.

KNSJ

Content includes locally-produced programs as well as news and information from the BBC and Pacifica Radio.

Kozarac

In the BBC drama series New Tricks episode 84 "Things Can Only Get Better", Hana Koranović, a suspect in the case, comes from Kozarac.

La Coco-Dance

The uncharacteristic style and performance (Monaco and France both being known for entering gentle ballads) was remarked upon by the BBC commentator immediately following the performance, who said " - Who knew Monaco was so versatile?"

Little Women

In 2003, the novel was listed at number 18 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.

Lonclass

The BBC's Lonclass ("London Classification") is a subject classification system used internally at the BBC throughout its archives.

Margaret Bastock

During the war she worked for the BBC, but afterwards she returned to Oxford and completed her undergraduate studies in zoology.

Maurice Healy

Maurice (junior) moved to England after the founding of the Irish Free State where he was both a successful lawyer, and a broadcaster for the BBC during the early years of World War II.

Mercy Murugi

She has worked with National Geographic, Discovery Channel, BBC, amongst other global production houses and TV channels.

Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

Life Story (tv film) a BBC dramatization about the scientific race to discover the DNA double-helix.

Mortgage fraud

During 2003 The Money Programme of the BBC in the UK uncovered systemic mortgage fraud throughout HBOS.

My Legendary Girlfriend

There is a 7" vinyl limited edition of 500 copies version of the single released in 1992 on Bob Stanley's label Caff Records. The new A-side "My Legendary Girlfriend" was taken from 11 September 1991 live BBC soundcheck. "Sickly Grin" and "Back in L.A." are 1982 and 1984 demos accordingly.

New Life Russian Radio

New Life has the exclusive rights to rebroadcast the audio from the Russian Division of the BBC and several radio stations in Russia including: 'Echo of Moscow', 'Russian Radio', 'Radio Retro' and more.

Olga Spessivtseva

The BBC produced a short programme about her life in 1964, and two years later Anton Dolin wrote a book about her.

Paracosm

The concept was first described by a researcher for the BBC, Robert Silvey, with later research by British psychiatrist Stephen A. MacKeith, and British psychologist David Cohen.

Paul Austin Kelly

Kelly has also made numerous live performances on BBC Radio.

Pavel Tigrid

In Great Britain, he adopted the pseudonym Tigrid (after Tigris) when he worked as a broadcaster of anti-fascist propaganda in BBC, and kept it for the rest of his life.

Pratibha Patil

The BBC has described Patil's political career prior to assuming Presidential office as "long and largely low-key".

Psathyrella

In the BBC series "Wild Food", Gordon Hillman related an incident where he was accidentally given a sample of Psathyrella instead of edible mushrooms.

Q.E.D.

In the mid eighties, BBC ran a series called Q.E.D. which showed how certain things were made or put together.

Raphael Montañez Ortiz

During the course of the symposium, Ortiz performed a series of seven public destruction events, including his piano destruction concerts, which were filmed by both American Broadcasting Company and the BBC.

Rockliffe's Babies

Rockliffe's Babies was a British television drama produced by the BBC which ran for two series between 1987 and 1988.

Ronald L. Ellis

On 10 September 2012 Judge Ellis refused to quash a subpoena from the United States government which demands the foreign media orgnaisation BBC hand over out takes and portions of documentary, entitled Arafat Investigated to United States Authorities.

Rumillajta

They were the subjects of a short documentary from the BBC and played at festivals on three continents.

S Club Search

S Club Search is a CBBC reality television show that documents the audition process and formation for the pop group S Club Juniors in 2001.

Sandy Welch

Welch has adapted Emma by Jane Austen for BBC, which aired in four parts, running from 4 to 25 October 2009.

Sarbloh Warriors

In 2006, Singh complained that the game was unfairly stereotyped by the BBC as being anti-Muslim, stating that it was meant to educate the youth on the complicated history of Sikh-Muslim tension.

Scrap Iron Flotilla

The introduction to the march is described as "in the style of the opening theme music to the BBC television series Warship".

Sikter

During that time the team of journalists from BBC came to Sarajevo and started to hang out with the band members.

Slave contract

According to the BBC's reporter Lucy Williamson, some of K-Pop's biggest popstars were built on the back of slave contracts, which tie trainees into long exclusive deals, with not much control and little financial reward.

Some Other Guy

This recording was first released for purchase by the public on the album Live at the BBC in 1994.

South Korea–United States relations

According to a 2013 BBC World Service Poll, 58% of South Koreans view U.S. influence positively, the highest rating for any surveyed Asian country.

Stuart: A Life Backwards

A television dramatisation with the same name, starring Tom Hardy as Shorter and Benedict Cumberbatch as Masters was co-produced by the BBC and HBO in 2007.

Terence Keyes

They had three sons, Roger (who became a well-known BBC journalist), Patrick and Michael, and two daughters, Rosemary and Lavender.

Thanks for the Night

The B-side, "Nasty", was recorded for the BBC comedy series The Young Ones, which was performed during the episode of the same name in 1984.

The Companions of Doctor Who

The Companions of Doctor Who were a series of original full-length novels related to the long-running BBC science fiction television programme Doctor Who.

The Lana Sisters

They appeared on the BBC's Drumbeat with Adam Faith and John Barry, and later took part in a Christmas special "Tommy Steele’s Spectacular" with the song "Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat".

The Twelve Caesars

Robert Graves, though most famous for his historical novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God (later dramatized by the BBC), made a widely read translation of The Twelve Caesars which was first published in Penguin Classics in 1957.

There Goes the Groom

"There Goes The Groom" is a 1997 Christmas special of the BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine first shown on 28 December 1997.

TVN Turbo

It broadcasts original programming as well as foreign series such as popular BBC series Top Gear and Motorvision.

Under Attack

On 11 December 1982, ABBA performed "Under Attack" on the BBC's Late Late Breakfast Show, in what was their last collective performance.

Vision Aid Overseas

The BBC followed this story on their Inside Out programme, which was broadcast on 19 September 2007.

Vladimir K. Zworykin

This electronic system was officially adopted by the BBC whose experimental public broadcasts began in England in November 1936 and initially included the Baird-system.

Volvo B8444S engine

As revealed in BBC's Top Gear show (Series 14 Episode 5) this basic engine is also used in the Noble M600, albeit longitudinally mounted, developing some 650 horsepower with the addition of 2 turbochargers.

Wayne Grady

He owns a golf course design business and a golf tour company, and has worked as a commentator for the BBC's televised golf coverage since 2000.

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

The first footage of the Wilson's Bird-of-paradise ever to be filmed was recorded in 1996 by David Attenborough for the BBC documentary Attenborough in Paradise.

WUKY

Owned by the University of Kentucky, it is an Adult Album Alternative (Indie Rock) station that airs over 100 hours of music a week, in addition to programming from NPR, Public Radio International, the BBC, and American Public Media.

Wulfnoth Godwinson

On screen, Wulfnoth was portrayed by actor Michael Pennington in the two-part BBC TV play Conquest (1966), part of the series Theatre 625.

Ziad Asali

He has provided television commentary and interviews for CNN, CBS, Charlie Rose, MSNBC, Fox News, BBC, C-SPAN, Voice of America and numerous syndicated cable programs.


...And Mother Makes Five

Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003

1953 in British television

1 May – The BBC brings into service television transmitters at Pontop Pike (County Durham) and Glencairn (Belfast) to improve coverage prior to the Coronation broadcast.

Andrew Timothy

He was the father of actor Christopher Timothy, whose most notable role was the vet James Herriot in the BBC TV series All Creatures Great and Small.

Bart Dickon

This nods in the direction of the original daily Dick Barton radio series on the BBC Light Programme from 1946-1951 (later in novels and a trio of low budget feature films), although the spelling of the original character, Snowey, has been changed - as has his gender from time to time.

BBC Sessions 1968–1970

BBC Sessions 1968–1970 is a 2011 compilation album featuring performances by Deep Purple that were originally broadcast on various BBC Radio shows from 1968 through 1970.

Big Book

The Big Read, a 2003 survey carried out by the BBC, with the goal of finding the "Nation's Best-loved Book" by way of a viewer vote via the Web, SMS and telephone

Boxford, Suffolk

This drew attention from the media: the Evening Standard incorporated a photograph of the villagers in a centre-page spread in one of their November 1975 editions, and a TV crew led by the late Bernard Falk for the BBC Nationwide programme accompanied the villagers when they left for a two-week stay on 23 July 1976.

Cousin Bette

A number of film versions of the story have been produced, including a 1971 BBC mini-series starring Margaret Tyzack and Dame Helen Mirren, and a 1998 feature film with Jessica Lange in the title role.

David Bull

David Richard Bull (born 9 May 1969) is an English doctor, author, and host and commentator on a variety of British and US television programmes, such as Sugar Dome,the BBC's Watchdog, Watchdog Healthcheck,Newsround, Living TV's Most Haunted Live!, Channel 4's Richard & Judy, Tomorrow's World, and Sky's The Breathing Life Awards.

Desmond Briscoe

Along with Daphne Oram, he worked on the BBC Radio production of Samuel Beckett’s All That Fall (Tx:13 January 1957), Giles Cooper's The Disagreeable Oyster (Tx:15 August 1957), and Frederick Bradnum's Private Dreams and Public Nightmares (Tx:7 October 1957).

Dublin Gospel Choir

The choir also featured (along with Chris de Burgh) on a special New Year's Day BBC Songs of Praise programme which was broadcast to over 35 million viewers worldwide.

Festival Place

The centre was used by BBC's Top Gear (Series 12, Episode 6) by Jeremy Clarkson who was road testing a Ford Fiesta 2008 whilst being chased by "Baddies" in a Chevrolet Corvette.

Gail Potocki

The 208 page hardcover book also includes essays from Richard Metzger, the host of BBC's Disinformation: the Series and neuroscientist Marina Korsakova-Kreyn.

Gynaephora groenlandica

The sequence became part of the BBC's sequel to Planet Earth called Frozen Planet, broadcast on BBC One in Autumn 2011 (with the US broadcast following on Discovery Channel in spring 2012).

High-intensity interval training

In a BBC Horizon programme in February 2012, he put Michael J. Mosley on an exercise bike regimen consisting of three sets of about 2 minutes of gentle pedalling followed by 20 second bursts of cycling at maximum effort.

Iain Sutherland

Between 1973 and 1987 Sutherland was regularly invited by BBC Radio 2 in central London as guest conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra for the "Friday Night Is Music Night" programme.

Il Popolo del Blues

Il Popolo del Blues is an Italian radio program founded in 1995, created and led by the Italian journalist Ernesto De Pascale (RAI, Jam, La Nazione, Rolling Stone Italia, Record Collector, Popolare Network), named by the BBC “the Italian John Peel”.

Incidents at European amusement parks

The news was broken by Children's BBC TV news programme, Newsround.

James Honeyborne

James Honeyborne is the director of The Meerkats feature film and the producer and director of many award-winning BBC wildlife documentaries.

James May's Top Toys

James May's Top Toys is a BBC documentary in which James May explored and celebrated his favourite toys, including Etch-A-Sketch, Airfix model aeroplanes, Lego, Meccano, Top Trumps, Scalextric, model cars, and Hornby model trains.

Jamie Reeves

When Reeves saw Bill Kazmaier win his third World's Strongest Man title in 1982, on BBC television, he decided that would be his aim, and took up weights.

Jason Latimer's Perfect Picture

As performed on the BBC One’s TV special “The Magicians, Episode 3,” Latimer levitated former Pussy Cat Dolls and Got to Dance Host’s Kimberly Wyatt then the entire scene rotates, stage, girl in the air, rotate 360 degrees to give the visual effect of Bullet Time on stage.

Kate Atkinson

All four Jackson Brodie novels have been adapted by other writers for the BBC under the series title Case Histories, featuring Jason Isaacs as Brodie.

Kathryn Tickell

She has also composed music for two productions by Newcastle's "Live Theatre", presented a series of programmes for "BBC Radio 2" and TV programmes on music composition for Channel 4 Schools, recorded with the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, The Chieftains, Beth Nielson Chapman, The Boys of the Lough, Jimmy Nail, Linda Thompson, Alan Parsons, Andy Sheppard and many others.

Kieran Prendiville

He was BBC television's choice for on-site commentator of the first space shuttle mission, reporting from Cape Canaveral and Edwards Air Force Base.

Lauderdale Mansions South

More recent former residents of Lauderdale Mansions South have included Kathryn Flett, Observer TV critic and star of the BBC’s ‘Grumpy Old Women’ series, and Mary McCartney, celebrity photographer and daughter of Paul and Linda McCartney.

Luke Booth

Booth, and his uncle Christopher Eves, successfully participated in the BBC television show, Dragons' Den and received investment to launch their packaging solutions for the FMCG, Retail & Leisure markets.

Madge Hindle

Hindle's big break came when her good friend, playwright Alan Bennett, asked her to appear in his 1966 BBC comedy series On the Margin.

Phil Noble

After retiring from campaign politics in the 1990s, Noble began focusing on developing major interactive civic engagement technology projects with clients such as the BBC, European Union, United Nations, Amnesty International, and The Aspen Institute.

Realms of the Haunting

Notably, David Learner, who portrayed Belial, is better known for his role as Marvin the paranoid android from the BBC series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and also as Pickle in the cult children's TV program Knightmare.

Robert Banks Stewart

Stewart wrote two highly regarded serials for the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons (1975) (which was set in his native Scotland and drew on the Loch Ness Monster legend) and The Seeds of Doom (1976) (which was influenced by The Day of the Triffids).

Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside

Under his chairmanship the Anti-Apartheid Movement campaigned against the Thatcher government’s refusal to impose sanctions against South Africa in the 1980s and organised the 1988 ‘Free Mandela’ concert at Wembley Stadium which was televised by the BBC and broadcast around the world.

Rupert Penry-Jones

On BBC 1's Who Do You Think You Are?, broadcast in August 2010, it was revealed that Penry-Jones's maternal grandfather, William, had served with the Indian Army Medical Corps at the Battle of Monte Cassino and that his earlier ancestors had a long-standing connection with the Indian Army.

Sandra Mackey

In addition to appearing on NPR, Nightline, BBC, and ABC News with Peter Jennings, Mackey also served as a commentator on the first Gulf War for CNN.

Sheila Ruskin

She is possibly best known for playing Vipsania in the 1976 BBC adaptation of I, Claudius but is also remembered by fans of Doctor Who for her performance as Kassia in the 1981 serial The Keeper of Traken, and by Blake's 7 fans as Alta 1 in the 1979 episode "Redemption".

Suzanne Virdee

She returned to Central News West as a reporter, presenter & producer before joining the BBC's Midlands Today programme in April 2001, presenting late night bulletins before becoming a main presenter a year later, alongside Nick Owen.

The Billion Dollar Bubble

The Billion Dollar Bubble is a 1976 film made for the BBC series Horizon and directed by Brian Gibson about the story of the two billion dollar insurance embezzlement scheme involving Equity Funding Corporation of America.

The Blasphemers' Banquet

The film at the time of its airing created a controversy in Britain when then Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie advised the BBC to postpone the showing of the film and the BBC writing a reply to him defending the airing of the broadcast.

The Foxes

On 16 March 2009 the single 'Bill Hicks' (based on famous comedian) was released on CD, vinyl and digital download, which reached number 6 on the official UK Indie charts according to the BBC website.

The Yorkshire Musical Saw Player

As well as taking part in the "BBC music live" festival he has also played in a skip outside Belfast City Hall for a "Catalyst Arts" Festival, in a folk festival at Broadstairs and as part of the International Gilbert and Sullivan festival in Buxton.

This is Jinsy

Although the pilot episode was made for the BBC, the full series of eight episodes was picked up by Sky Atlantic.

Trish Williamson

After leaving TV-am, she worked as a producer, presenter, and reporter on BBC regional television, including BBC Look North, London Tonight, and BBC1’s current affairs series Inside Out.

Vjerujem u ljubav

Given the difference in age between the two singers, the effect appeared somewhat incongruous on camera, with the BBC commentary remarking on this fact at the end of the performance.

Xpression FM

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, is one of many famous alumni of URE and Xpression, a list that also includes the BBC's Jon Kay, James Pearce, Grainne Landowski, Matthew Sydney and motorsport presenter Ted Kravitz.